VISAKHAPATNAM/VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh reported 839 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, taking the cumulative caseload to 20,39,529. The death toll increased to 14,078 as eight more patients succumbed to the pandemic.
Two patients each died in Guntur and Krishna, and one each in Chittoor, East Godavari, Prakasam and West Godavari. As many as 1,142 patients were declared cured.
There are currently 14,388 active cases with the 20,11,063 cumulative recoveries and 14,078 fatalities. The active caseload is less than 100 each in three districts. Kurnool has as few as 32 active cases, while Prakasam leads the table with 2,578 active infections.
East Godavari reported 231 new cases, followed by Nellore (149), Chittoor (101) and Prakasam (101). Five districts recorded double-digit case numbers, while the new cases in Anantapur (1), Kurnool (4) and Srikakulam (5) were less than 10. Vizianagaram did not record a single new case.
Andhra Pradesh conducted 42,679 Covid-19 tests on Monday and detected 839 new infections. This translates to a case positivity rate of 1.9%.
Meanwhile, the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) intensified Covid-19 vaccination across the city with the slogan ‘Mission Covid-free Vijayawada’.
A total of 17,850 persons were vaccinated till 5 pm on Monday. Health workers set up stalls at major gathering points like temples, churches, community halls, ward secretariats across the city and vaccinated people.
Officials set a target of vaccinating 31,000 people on a single day and mobilised huge numbers of Covishield and Covaxin doses for 285 ward secretariats in the city. Ward volunteers went door-to-door and motivated people to come forward to take the vaccine.
(with inputs from Venu Lanka)
